Home prices are cooling off and mortgage rates fell last week, but the fallout from recent bank closures could continue to make it difficult for some Americans to buy homes, economists say. Mortgage rates fell to 6.32% for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, Freddie Mac data released on Thursday shows.
Every year, the first Sunday evening in April, people come from miles around to the tiny town of Isabel, Kansas to gather at the Isabel Church of Christ to sing hymns. They have been packing this house of God for more than 15 years, and 2023 was similar in voices raised to heaven.
NHS honor society to host induction Newton High School National Honor Society will host an induction ceremony at 2 p..m. April 16 in the NHS auditorium, 900 W.
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education has debated, for months, the future of not only Walton Elementary but the agricultural project based learning program housed at the school. The question has been asked, multiple times, if such a program could be relocated within the city limits.
More than 500,000 Kansans face a review over the next year to see if they still qualify for Medicaid — the first check on eligibility since the pandemic prompted a temporary change in rules three years ago.
WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas lawmakers have advanced legislation that would bar transgender women from women’s bathrooms, women’s prisons, women’s locker rooms and domestic violence shelters. Critics see the bill as a political attack on transgender and intersex people, and organizations that support victims of sexual violence said it could jeopardize the money they get from the federal government.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature finally rallied enough votes on Wednesday needed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender girls and women from girls and women’s sports at public schools and colleges.
City-wide garage sale announced With the better weather, a new season is springing — garage sale season. This year the city-wide garage sale will be April 29, just a couple week away.
The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office announced March 5 that the remains of Sasha Kosminski, of Newton, were discovered in a hedge row by a man near East First Street and North Rock Road this past March 3.
Recently a contingent of 44 STAND members from Hesston, Newton, Peabody, and Sedgwick attended Mental Health Advocacy Day at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. Students were invited to be recognized in both the House of Representatives and the Senate during session for their work in area schools to prevent drug, alcohol and tobacco use.